Weizhuang

Weizhuang

Weizhuang (about 836-910), the word duanji. He was born in duling County, Jingzhao county (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), a poet and poet of the late Tang Dynasty, a master of Confucianism, and a former Prime Minister of Shu in the Five Dynasties. The seventh grandson of Wei Daijia, the right Prime Minister of Wenchang, and the fourth grandson of Wei Yingwu, the governor of Suzhou.

Wei Zhuang was born in the Xiaoyao public house of Wei's family in Jingzhao. In his early years, he tried again and again. Later, he wrote Qin Fu Yin because of Huang Chao uprising. In the first year of qianning (894), when he tried again, he became a scholar and became a scholar. In the fourth year of qianning (897), he entered Shu with Li Xun as a magistrate and was promoted to zuobuque after returning to the court. In the first year of Tianfu (901), he entered Sichuan as the Secretary of Wang Jianzhang, and since then he has been an official of Shu all his life. In the fourth year of Tianyou (907), Zhu Quanzhong destroyed Tang Jianliang, and Weizhuang advised Wang Jian to be emperor. He served as Zuo Sanqi's constant servant, sentenced Zhongshu's subordinates and established the founding system. The next year he was promoted to prime minister. Wu Cheng died in August in the third year of the reign of Emperor Wu (910) at the age of 75. He was the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs and the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs. He was posthumously named "Wen Jing".

Wei zhuanggong's poems are round and steady, clear in tone, deep in sentiment and rich in implication; his poems are good at using the technique of line drawing, and have a clear and beautiful style. He and Wen Tingyun are the representative writers of Huajian School, and they are also called Wen Wei. The long poem Qin Fu Yin, Peacock Flying Southeast and Mulan poem are called "three unique Yuefu Poems". There are ten volumes of Huanhua collection, and later generations compiled Huanhua CI. In addition, there are five pieces of "Bodhisattva man" which laid the foundation for Song Ci. There are 316 poems in Quan Tang Shi.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

In the first year of emperor Wenzong of Tang Dynasty (836), Weizhuang was born in Xiaoyao public house, the East dependents of Wei family in Jingzhao, Chang'an. He was the seventh grandson of Wei Daijia, the right Prime Minister of Wenchang in the reign of emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty, and the fourth grandson of Wei Yingwu, the governor of Suzhou. His family was in decline when he arrived at Weizhuang.

Wei Zhuang's parents died early, so his family was very poor. He has been sensitive since he was young. He is open-minded and open-minded.

In the fourth year of Xiantong (863) of Yizong of Tang Dynasty, Weizhuang took office under the curtain of Zhaoyi Jiedushi, Shangshu of Jianxiao Libu, Taiyuan Yindu and Beidu Liutong.

In the first year of Guangming (880) of emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, Weizhuang was not elected in Chang'an. In December of the same year, Huang Chao's army invaded Chang'an, then fell into chaos of war, separated from his younger brothers and sisters, and left Chang'an for Luoyang in 882.

In the third year of Zhonghe (883), Weizhuang entered zhoubao's office as a naval envoy.

Travel around

In 885, Weizhuang lived in Quzhou to welcome Baoji. The next year, I set out for Baoji. I heard that emperor Fu Zong of Tang Dynasty had already arrived at Xingyuan mansion (now Shaanxi < / I > < I > Hanzhong < / I >) < / I >, and also followed him. After that, he went back along the Wei River and the Yellow River and landed in Mengjin. Originally, it was planned to reach Runzhou from the southeast of Xuchang via Anhui Province. Unexpectedly, in July, Qin Zongquan captured Xuzhou (now Xuchang in Henan Province) and killed the Jiedu envoy Lu Yanhong. So Weizhuang changed his plan to go east to Kaifeng along the Yellow River, and planned to go south from Kaifeng to return to Runzhou. Unfortunately, a fire broke out in the backyard of Zhou Bao in Runzhou at this time, and his general Zhang Yu rebelled after he was drunk. In this case, it is not suitable to return to Western Zhejiang, but to return to Mengjin.

In the first month of the third year of Guangqi (887), the war in Xuchang was over. Weizhuang came to Xuchang again and planned to return to Zhejiang by land according to the original plan. He also learned that Zhou Bao of Runzhou fled to Changzhou because of the rebellion of General Liu Hao. Hearing that Zhou Bao could no longer be attached to him and that he had nothing to do with Runzhou, Wei Zhuang decided to travel north. He first came to Heqing County and then lived in Biyang. Weizhuang starts from Biyang, ascends Taihang Mountain and reaches tianjingguan in Shanxi Province. In March of the same year, Weizhuang passed diaohuangling in Taihang Mountain and started to walk eastward from Huguan. In about April, he planned to leave Neihuang County and return to Western Zhejiang via Shandong Province. After learning that the smoke of gunpowder rose again in the south of the Yangtze River, Weizhuang went north and came to Zhengding (now Hebei < / I > < I > Shijiazhuang < / I >) < / I >. Further north, to Gubeikou (now Beijing < / I > < I > Miyun < / I > < I >) < / I > the Great Wall. Leave Gubeikou and follow the Great Wall all the way east to Yuguan. Taking the mountain customs as the turning point of his northern tour, he returned to the West and took a boat to return to the south at Ji < I > (Beijing) < / I > hang < I > (Hangzhou) < / I > Grand Canal. In the autumn of the same year, he went ashore through Qinghe County and learned that the Jiangnan war was over. He decided to return to the west of Zhejiang Province and then went through Shandong Province to Xuzhou. Stop over in Xuzhou.

In the spring of the fourth year of Guangqi (888), Weizhuang took a boat to Yangzhou along the Grand Canal and landed here for a rest. Knowing that the situation in Jiangnan is still unstable, Wei Zhuang plans to flee south. He plans to go to stone city (Nanjing) for a short stay. During my stay in shitoucheng, I visited Shangyuan County, which is now Taicheng, Jiangdi temple, changganli and other places in Nanjing. Later, along the south of the Yangtze River, through Dangtu County, to the east of Suzhou. Further south to Huzhou, continue south to Fuchun, pass Tonglu County, turn east to Shaoxing, and then east to Ningbo. From here to the west, then to Jiyang County, and then to the west to Dongyang. Further west, to Wuzhou < I > (today's Jinhua in eastern Zhejiang) < / I > to live, and then return to Quzhou.

In the winter of 889, Weizhuang set out from Quzhou to Jiangxi, and visited Chu Gong, a resident at the border. The next stop was Xinzhou. After that, he went upstream along the Xinjiang River to Raozhou (now Jiangxi Province, Poyang), and then crossed the Poyang Lake to the northwest to Jiujiang, and visited Donglin temple in Lushan Mountain. Then he came to Nanchang, from Nanchang to Fuzhou, from Fuzhou to Yichun. Here, Weizhuang canceled the northwest journey to Changsha, and turned to the West directly to the middle of Hunan, which is now the junction of Shaoyang and Loudi in Hunan. After that, he turned southeast to Leiyang, then eastward and southward to Ganzhou, where he was ready to return. Next, go east from Ganzhou to Xijiang (now Jiangxi < / I > < I > Huichang < / I >) < / I >, and then go north to Jianchang (now Jiangxi < / I > < I > Nancheng < / I >) < / I >.

In the autumn of 891, Weizhuang returned to Quzhou from Jianchang via Xinzhou.

In the autumn of the first year of Jingfu (892), Weizhuang, who was 50 years old, was preparing for the examination in Chang'an. Starting from Quzhou, he passed Xinzhou, Poyang and Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province to Hubei Province. First arrive at Huangshi, then arrive at Qi'an county. And then through Ezhou to Xiakou (now Hubei < / I > < I > Wuhan < / I >) < / I >.

In the first month of the second year of Jingfu (893), he arrived in Shangnan. After a long journey, we finally arrived at Chang'an. Unfortunately, he failed again this time. Following Huang Tao's advice, Wei Zhuang immediately set out to find Zheng Shangshu on Hedong road. After he left Tongguan, he sailed eastward along the Yellow River, landed in Yuan County, and went straight to Jiangzhou. From then on, he went north to Pingling, Wenshui, and Suizhou. After leaving Suizhou, Weizhuang sailed south along the Yellow River to Tongguan and returned to Chang'an.

In the first year of qianning (894), Wei Zhuang, who was nearly 60 years old, finally won the imperial examination. He was appointed as a scholar by the imperial court and began his official career.

Mission to Xishu

In the spring of the third year of qianning (896), Wei Zhuang first came to Xiaying (now Shaanxi < / I > < I > Weinan < / I >) < / I >, where he lived in his childhood, and then went north to Wanzhou (now Shaanxi < / I > < I > Fuxian < / I >) < / I >, and came to Yijun county. I got the imperial edict here, and then I rode away in a hurry. It turned out that Wang Jian, the governor of Xichuan, and Gu Yanhui, the governor of Dongchuan, attacked each other. Tang Zhaozong ordered Wei Zhuang to be the judge, and cooperated with Li Xunfeng, the advisor, to Sichuan to persuade them to reconcile. After arriving in Shu, Wang Jian ignored Zhao Zong's imperial edict and still defeated Gu Yanhui and occupied the land of Liangchuan. For Wei Zhuang, his visit to Shu was appreciated by Wang Jian. Wang Jian very much hopes to recruit Wei Zhuang to his own screen, but he did not immediately agree, still watching the changes of the current situation.

In the second year of Guanghua (899), Weizhuang was appointed Zuo buque. During this period, he cooperated with his brother Wei AI to compile Youxuan Ji, which collected 150 talented people and 300 famous poems

Help Wang Jian

In November of the third year of Guanghua (900), the eunuch launched a palace coup to imprison Zhaozong and made Prince Li Yu emperor. After hearing the news, Wei Zhuang was in despair. His "gift to Peiming house in Yunyang" said: "I have heard that Chen Sheng's heart has fallen to Han Dynasty, who is Tian hengguo's equal number." (Tian Heng, the leader of the uprising in the late Qin Dynasty, refused to submit himself to the Han Dynasty) < / I > proved that he had made up his mind to join Wang Jian. Wang Jian was very happy and immediately appointed him secretary in charge. According to the chronicle of Tang poetry, the imperial court "sought to call people for daily life, but Wang Jianbiao left them."

After Wei Zhuang entered Sichuan, he took it as his duty to protect the local peace. In terms of pacifying the people, during his tenure as secretary in charge, there was a county magistrate who disturbed the people. Wei Zhuang wrote to Wang Jian

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